AUBURN, Alabama -- Washington State, according to its travel plans and a few tweets from the Cougars' official account, is lodged in Alabama right now, trying to acclimate to the state's humidity before the season-opener against Auburn at 6 p.m. Saturday night in a game televised on ESPNU.

The Cougars have kept things quiet this week; no players have been available for interviews this week in advance of the season-opener.

With that in mind, here's a look at what some writers on the West Coast have penned about Auburn-Washington State.